Freedom of speech is a right

Published 7:00 pm, Monday, September 14, 2009

Thank you, Kevin Lewis, for printing all letters. The Herald prints weekly columns by liberal writers Donna Brazile, Helen Thomas, Tom Teepen and others. There's weekly columns by conservative writers Mike Reagan, Ann Coulter, Kathryn Lopez and Bill O'Reilly. The liberal writers disgust me when I read their columns. But it's freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Should the huge majority of conservative readers boycott the Herald or demand the paper not print the liberal columns or liberal letters? No!

Clorene McDonald wrote a Letter to the Editor Aug. 25. It was a letter to President Barack Obama. Then on Aug. 28 three liberals wrote the editor blasting Clorene and the Herald. The writers were Rockie Shelton, James Belk and Brain McClenagan. Surely one of these men by now has contacted the Secret Service or FBI about Clorene's letters. The writers stated the letter was from a right-wing racist who wants to destroy our government, our first black president, inciting riots, akin to yelling fire in a movie theatre. How dare the Herald print Clorene's hate, lies, propaganda.

Clorene wrote that Obama, Reid and Pelosi were worse than Hitler towards health care for socialized medicine and trying to take over the country. She further stated that Obama was a disgrace to America, mentioning twice he was black. She really tore into Obama and the Democratic Party in the letter.

I believe Clorene wrote the letter out of frustration. Most of the media, which is liberal, have their first black president and the Democratic Party is control in Washington. It's 24-7 media coverage in support of Obama and Democrats. I know, and Clorene McDonald knows, that if Obama was a Republican the media and Democrats would be out to destroy him, just like they tried to destroy Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. It's only racist when a black Democrat is condemned. The liberals are such hypocrites. George W. Bush was compared to Hitler on left wing Internet and on signs at Democrat rallies. There were even ways suggested on how to assassinate him.

Clorene could have (written) that the Democratic Party has destroyed more innocent lives than Hitler and the Nazi party. Over 40 million babies in America have been killed since Roe vs Wade became law - a law that Democrats, liberal judges and Obama support. As a state senator, Obama couldn't even vote to protect the life of a botched abortion baby still alive.

James Belk, for you to write that Clorene's letter was unchristian, unpatriotic, deceiving and disgusting, and that the office of the president should be shown respect, shows pure hypocrisy on your part. James, what is Christian about the killing of unborn babies that your party supports? Your President Clinton showed a lot of respect for the office, right? Sex with a young girl in the oval office and then lied about it. Or how about renting out the Lincoln bedroom for campaign cash? And you write about the right-wing internet and character assassination of lies and hate. This after what your party did to a fine Christian lady, Sarah Palin and family. It's your letter that's disgusting to the majority of Herald readers.

Rockie Shelton, you mentioned Medicare in your letter, which is going broke and poorly run. So you want the government to take over a health care system and ruin it, too. Your view of socialism is puzzling. Your examples of socialism already in existence are almost too laughable to comment on. Most of the examples you cited are basic functions of local city governments set up to aid the community and its people, not to hind or control them. Hey, Rockie, with your fondness for socialism, try living in Cuba. A public swimming pool will be the least of your worries.

If America is for Democrat health care reform, how come Obama's poll numbers have fallen faster than any president after eight months in office? You should try the government run health care in Canada.

Brian McClenagan, you write that Clorene is a racist and that she doesn't want government-run health care because her president isn't white. Was Hillary Clinton black when her health care plan bombed back in the 90s? Liberals always cry racism when a black person is challenged. The biggest racist in America is Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor in Chicago for 20 years. Brian, did you see some of his sermons on TV?

When you run for president as an above politics messiah, like Obama did, but then try to govern as a partisan radical like Nancy Pelosi, you're going to have problems with the majority of the American people.